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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
The 8-point construction of a Meuson engine cylinder.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\2\  img167
Date  21th February 1934
  
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

SGNORRGE BY LR{Mr Ellor} F / Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
LP{Mr Lappin}

21/2/34

Went round wright field today & managed to get a look at the Meuson engine. I enclose a bad sketch. Briefly the cylinder construction is as follows

1. Penthouse roof type cylinder head with four valves, an aluminium casting with inserted valve seats.
2. A single over head camshaft
3. Cylinder head deep casting, as on the Conqueror only more so, the liner shrunk into it - shrunk fit - (confirmed by questioning)
4. Two plugs direct in aluminium above the liner
5. Solid aluminium washer between the cyl head & water jacket casting
6. "Wet" jacket - a liner in the water jacket which is alum casting
7. What appeared to be a screwed type gland at the bottom
8. Block held down by studs, "setting" on the face of the bottom gland nut as shown
  
  


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